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1626, the seventh year of the Apocalypse. Zhu Youjian, who had just taken office, faced an unprecedented dilemma. Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu were impeached by hundreds of officials, who wanted to imprison the two and their gang members, including the Five Tigers and Five Biaos, to put them to death. The team promoted by the late emperor became the target of the entire court. How should they be dealt with? The British Duke Zhang Weixian, who was in charge of the Chinese Army's Governor's Office, the Beijing camp and the leader of the court, supported him on the surface, but actually refused to let him intervene in the military power. How to mediate? In the cabinet, the first assistant Huang Liji turned to Donglin, and the second assistant Shi Fenglai impeached Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu to protect themselves. The other assistant ministers in the cabinet remained silent and their attitude was unclear. How to regain control of the government? The national treasury is in short supply, the internal funds are less than one million taels, and none of the commercial taxes and mining taxes can be collected. How to allocate the arrears of pay to the frontier troops? The minister asked for the abolition of the eunuchs who were in charge of the army in various places. All border affairs were subject to the dispatch of the governor. The Suhang Weaving Bureau was suspended. Government-run industries were not allowed to compete with the people for profit. Not a single merchant ship along the coast belonged to the royal family. A large amount of money could not enter the national treasury, let alone internal funds. How should maritime smuggling be curbed? Today, personnel power, military power, and financial power have all fallen into the hands of bureaucrats. Who is the emperor of Ming Dynasty? ...